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"One generation and out. We have
no problem with the extinction of
domestic animals. They are creations
of human selective breeding...We
have no ethical obligation to
preserve the different breeds of livestock
produced through selective breeding."
(Wayne Pacelle, HSUS, former
director of the Fund for Animals,
Animal People, May 1993)
[...]
Tom Regan, Animal Rights Author
and Philosopher, North Carolina State
University
"It is not larger, cleaner cages
that justice demands...but empty cages."
(Regan, The Philosophy of Animal
Rights, 1989)
"Pet ownership is an absolutely
abysmal situation brought about
by human manipulation."
-- Ingrid Newkirk, national director,
People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals (PeTA), Just Like Us?
Toward a Nation of Animal Rights"
(symposium), Harper's, August
1988, p. 50.
"Liberating our language by eliminating
the word 'pet' is the
first step... In an ideal society
where all exploitation and
oppression has been eliminated,
it will be NJARA's policy to
oppose the keeping of animals
as 'pets.'" --New Jersey Animal
Rights Alliance, "Should Dogs
Be Kept As Pets? NO!" Good Dog!
February 1991, p. 20.
"Let us allow the dog to disappear
from our brick and concrete
jungles--from our firesides,
from the leather nooses and chains
by which we enslave it."
--John Bryant, Fettered Kingdoms: An
Examination of A Changing Ethic
(Washington, DC: People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PeTA), 1982), p. 15.
"The cat, like the dog, must
disappear... We should cut the
domestic cat free from our dominance
by neutering, neutering, and
more neutering, until our pathetic
version of the cat ceases to
exist." --John Bryant,
Fettered Kingdoms: An Examination of A
Changing Ethic (Washington,
DC: People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals (PeTA), 1982), p.
15.
[...]
"We are not especially 'interested
in' animals. Neither of us had
ever been inordinately fond
of dogs, cats, or horses in the way
that many people are. We didn't
'love' animals." --Peter Singer,
Animal Liberation: A New Ethic
for Our Treatment of Animals, 2nd
ed. (New York Review of Books,
1990), Preface, p. ii.
"The theory of animal rights
simply is not consistent with the
theory of animal welfare...
Animal rights means dramatic social
changes for humans and non-humans
alike; if our bourgeois values
prevent us from accepting those
changes, then we have no right to
call ourselves advocates of
animal rights." --Gary Francione,
The Animals' Voice, Vol. 4,
No. 2 (undated), pp. 54-55.
"Not only are the philosophies
of animal rights and animal
welfare separated by irreconcilable
differences... the enactment
of animal welfare measures actually
impedes the achievement of
animal rights... Welfare
reforms, by their very nature, can only
serve to retard the pace at
which animal rights goals are
achieved." --Gary Francione
and Tom Regan, "A Movement's Means
Create Its Ends," The Animals'
Agenda, January/February 1992,
pp. 40-42.
The
ASPCA:
From
Animal Welfare to Animal Rights
As two recent issues of Alternatives
in Philanthropy discussed
("Animal Welfare vs. Animal
Rights: The Case of PETA," July 1997,
and "The Humane Society of the
U.S.: It’s Not about Animal
Shelters," October 1997), animal
rights organizations seek to end
traditional uses of animals.
By contrast, animal welfare organizations
seek to improve the treatment
of animals. Animal lovers who wish
to support animal-interest organizations
should keep this distinction in
mind.
The
Humane Society of the U.S.:
It's
Not about Animal Shelters
Indeed, HSUS’s image as an animal
welfare organization no doubt
helps account for its popularity
with animal lovers, who pay annual
membership dues of $10.00 (individual)
and $18.00 (family). Yet
HSUS is an animal rights organization,
as much as the better-known
People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals (PeTA) examined in the
July 1997 Alternatives in Philanthropy.
As that issue emphasized, donors
who wish to support organizations
that help animals must understand
the difference between animal rights
and animal welfare. Animal rights
organizations, which emerged in the
early 1980s, seek to end the
use and ownership of animals. Animal
welfare organizations, on the
other hand, have existed for decades
and seek to improve the treatment
and well-being of animals.
AVMA Policy on Animal Welfare and Animal Rights
Animal welfare is a human responsibility
that encompasses all aspects
of animal well-being, from proper
housing and nutrition to preventive
care, treatment of disease,
and when necessary, humane euthanasia.
The AVMA's commitment to animal
welfare is unsurpassed.
However, animal welfare and animal
rights are not the same. AVMA cannot
endorse the philosophical views
and personal values of animal rights
advocates when they are incompatible
with the responsible use of animals
for human purposes, such as
food and fiber, and for research conducted
to benefit both humans and animals.
Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998,1999, 2000, 2001 by the American Veterinary Medical Association.
